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We couldn't believe our luck with the weather here. It was in the 40's F and sunny the next day, so we did the outdoor stuff, starting with a visit to the London Eye. It's 22 Pounds, or about $30 but well worth it for the views of the city. One rotation takes a half hour and it was a great start to the day. After that, we took a ferry from the London Eye stop down the Thames to ...

... around there for a little bit then made our way through Green Park.

After a small break we decided that we hadn't seen enough football and were going to try to go to see a game between two teams in the championship (2nd division). Fulham vs Brighton Albion. Crazy thing is Fulham was in the Premier League (1st division) just a few years ago, had some really big players (like Clint Dempsey) and are one of Chelsea's big rivals (only about a mile ...

... a pub and restaurant called The Portman (www.theportmanmarylebone.com) that my and Jen's friend, Nicole, arranged for this great dinner so we could all catch up with friends from the area. Dinner included the 7 of us and....... Nicole - fellow BCer that Jen and I met as freshman who lives in London with her husband, Paul, and 2 daughters Mikayla and Aoife. Peter and Jo - live in London with their kids, Sophie and Josh, but used to live in Jen and ...

... and today are sunny and it's still school holidays, things are very busy. Next to the Transport Museum was an exhibit called 'Bond in Motion 007' which was showing the cars and other gadgets used in Bond films. Each exhibit also showed footage of the particular film and a car scene. Then met up with Joyce and we just walked around for the afternoon, exploring. So tonight we went to see War Horse in the Westend. Fantastic show, really loved ...

... clothes in the closet in Sydney where she had been storing all her "Italy" clothes) - Hence the packing today was efficient and quick - and to both of our surprise, Jan was actually able to place one of her suitcases inside another ! She was quite pleased with that feat, given the amount of criticism she had been receiving of late regarding her recent "over-shopping" !!! One of the side benefits from sorting the luggage was that Bob discovered ...